Lagging in games, disconnection errors, re-boots to connect to the internet, non-connection messages, have any of you thought that this comes from the local end (i.e. not the server but your machine), granted a wired connection is usually stable, but a wireless connection is not exactly the best for stability.

We are going to attempt to see if the Compex box set keeps our game connections stable within a normal working environment. You will see screens from various games (probably with bad scores on my part, laptop you see ;-) )

Fig 5. The NetPassage all hooked up to the test network.

Speed
Well, with 100Mbit wired connections and 11Mbit wireless connections you will not be crying out for much more speed. However wireless networks have a lovely tendency to not provide you with the stated speeds, lets see how the NetPassage fairs.

Some small file transfers:

Fig 6. A 1000K transfer over a 10Mbit line with the NetPassage.

Qcheck provides a 'quick check' of network performance. For more in-depth network performance testing, advanced troubleshooting and 24 by 7 performance monitoring, consider one of our other performance tools. Chariot runs performance tests by driving traffic that looks like real application traffic (e.g., VoIP, ERP, email). Chariot can generate a single connection like Qcheck or the traffic of hundreds of thousands of users. End2End Performance Monitor monitors the performance of networked applications and Web sites over time. End2End runs tests similar to Qcheck, but on a scheduled basis.

Fig 7. A 1000K transfer over a 100Mbit connection

From figures 6 and 7, we can see a very high transfer rate. Coming close to the rated speeds of 10Mbit and 100Mbit. 1000kbytes is the largest file size that Qcheck allows. These small files on the faster connections are not really a true reading, think about what happens when you first start downloading files over the internet.